Jack'S Mannequin

She walks to the mailbox
Each morning at 9
Every day she begins she's always one day behind
At least when it comes to the mail
She sits on the balcony paying the bills
Her letters just ashing her cigarettes onto the sill
Every breath a little more pale
The hill still left to climb is just so

High
And I'm so tired
Come on look me in my bloodshot eyes
The clouds are all on fire
It's just so high
And I'm so tired
Come on look me in my bloodshot eyes
The clouds are all on

He sits in his basement
From midnight till four
Painting pictures that nobody sees
From his days in the war
Canvases bathed in bright red
He heats up the shower
He paces the hall
He'll scrub for an hour or more
But he won't get it all
Paint in his fingernail beds
The hill still left to climb is just so

High
And I'm so tired
Come on look me in my bloodshot eyes
The clouds are all on fire
It's just so high
And I'm so tired
Come on look up at
The bloodshot sky
The clouds are all on
Fire

We wait in valleys while the clouds come in
We see no shadows
'Cuz a shadow's all there is
And we climb
And we climb
But it's just so

High
And I'm so tired
Come on look me in my bloodshot eyes
The clouds are all on fire
It's just so high
And I'm so tired
Come on look up at
The bloodshot sky
The clouds are all on
Fire

I'll give you this confession,
I am taking you with me.
Where we can contemplate our chemistry.
And your eyes were lined with questions,
with the blood rushing the way.
To take this feeling with us to our graves, to our graves.

Chorus:
I got the feeling were still misdirected,
I get the feeling we have lost control.
Tune in,
I'll turn you to the new religion.
We're dropping out into the so unknown.
The so unknown.

And we won't wake up on Sundays,
so I'm building us a church.
Where we can sleep in with the gods at work.
And our friends will write us letters,
they'll never understand why we don't call.
We're hiding out until the empire falls,
let it fall.

{Chorus}

If we have lost control,
we're drifting slow.
Into the so unknown.
If we have lost control,
we're drifting slow.
And so we drop out.


And I'll give you this confession,
I am taking you with me.

{Chorus}

I got the feeling we got disconnected.
I got the feeling we have lost control.
Tune in,
I'll turn you to the new religion.
We're dropping out into the so unknown.
The so unknown.

These hammers and strings
Been following me around
From a box filled garage
To the dark punk rock clubs of one thousand American towns

And my friend calls me up
She says how have you been
I say, dear, I've been well
Yea the money's comin
But I miss you like hell
I still hear you in this old piano, yeah

She says Andy, I know
We don't talk as much
But I still hear your ghost in these old punk rock clubs
C'mon write me a song
Give me something to trust
Just promise you won't let it be just the keys that you touch...

Give me something to believe in
A breath from the breathing
So write it down,
I don't think that I'll close my eyes
Cause lately I'm not dreaming
So whats' the point in sleeping?
It's just that at night
I've got nowhere to hide
So I'll write you a lullaby
A lullaby

These hammers and strings
Been following me around
Behind passenger vans
Through the snow dirt and the sand
Of one thousand American towns

And my friend calls me up
With her heart heavy still
She says Andy the doctors prescribed me the pills
But I know I'm not crazy,
I just lost my will
So why am I, why am I
Taking them still...?

I need something to believe in
A breath from the breathing
So write it down,
I don't think that I'll close my eyes
Cause lately I'm not dreaming
So what's the point in sleeping?
To the sleepless this is my reply
I will write you a lullaby
A lullaby

Give me something to believe in
So write it down
I don't think that I'll close my eyes
Cause lately I'm not dreaming
So what's the point in sleeping
It's just that at night
I've got nowhere to hide
To the sleepless this is my reply
I will write you a lullaby
A lullaby
A lullaby
A lullaby

There's a lot that I don't know
There's a lot that I'm still learning
But I think I'm letting go
To find my body is still burning
And you hold me down
And you got me living in the past
Come on and pick me up
Somebody clear the wreckage from the blast

And I'm alive
And I don't need a witness
To know that I survived
I'm not looking for forgiveness
I just need light
I need light in the dark as I search for the resolution

And the bars are finally closed
So I try living in the moment
'Til the moment it just froze
And I felt sick and so alone
I can hear the sound
Of your voice still ringing in my ear
I'm going underground
But you'll find me anywhere I feel

That I'm alive
And I don't need a witness
To know that I survived
I'm not looking for forgiveness
I just need light
I need light in the dark as I search for the resolution
I need light in the dark as I search for the resolution

You hold me down
You hold me down
I'm alive
And I don't need a witness
To know that I survived
I'm not looking for forgiveness

I'm alive
And I don't need a witness
To know that I survived
I'm not looking for forgiveness
I just need light
I need light in the dark as I search for the resolution
I need light in the dark as I search for the resolution
I need light, I need light

I am looking for a sign
My spirit's faded
She holds on like a vine
Patterns in traffic
They sound just like my heart
Race in the dark
In time to catch you.
No one should let you
Go wandering off into the night
You're not an orphan.

I keep waiting for my breath
To come back never
So take what I have left
Patterns in traffic
That pulls just like my heart
Race in the dark
In time to catch you
No one should let you
Go wandering off into the night
You're not an orphan.
Right there to catch you
I won't forget you.
Now you're wandering to the night
But you're no orphan
You're not an orphan

I never thought the day would come
(you're not an orphan)
They tell me that you've finally run
(you're not an orphan)
I guess you always said you would someday
(you're not an orphan)

I never thought the day would come
(you're not an orphan)
They tell me that you've finally run
(you're not an orphan)
I guess you always said you would someday
(you're not an orphan)

I'm caught
Somewhere in between
Alive
And living a dream
No peace
Just clicking machines
In the quiet of compazine
The walls caved in on me

And she sings
My bird dressed in white
And she stings
My arm in the night
I lay still
Still I'm ready to fight
Have my lungs
But you can't take my sight
And the walls caved in tonight

Out here
I watch the sun circle the earth
The marrows collide in rebirth
In god's glory praise
The spirit calls out from the caves
The walls fell and there I lay
Saved

The walls are caving in
As far as I can see
The walls are caving in
The doors got locked for sure
There's no one here but me

Beat my body like a rag doll
Stuck your needles in my hip
Said we're not going to lie
Son you just might die
Get you on that morphine drip
Drip

The walls are caving in
As far as I can see
The walls are caving in
The doors got locked for sure
There's no one here but me

I fought a war to walk a gangplank
Into a life I left behind
A window's leading to the past
Think it's time I broke some glass
Get this history off my mind

And what if we were buried forever
Like the past never happened
And time did not exist for us at all
I think we'd still be traveling together
Through all kinds of weather
Everything's a piece of everyone
As far as I can see

The walls are caving in
As far as I can see
The walls are caving in
The doors got locked for sure
There's no one here but me

The walls are caving in
As far as I can see
The walls are caving in
The doors got locked for sure
There's no one here but me

There's no one here but me

I called Jesus but he didn't check his phone today,
Oh oh, there's my summer girl
I've been wanting her
I hear she's got a boyfriend
Thought I could leave her for a season but it just got cold
Yeah, it's a lonely hour in my cellphone tower,
Broken down transmission.

But I'm gonna take you to my boxcar on the beach
And I'm gonna hang the sun above your bed
And soak your hair in bleach

You'll be missed Miss California
You'll be kissed by only me
When they can't find you you'll turn into a mystery
but you're no mystery to me, Miss California

I called Jesus but he heard I hurt his little girl, yeah,
with my reckless stare, I've been so unfair
Misplacing my affections
She had a reason not to take me back into her care
Oh, I'm just a stray dog now, I can't beg or bow
Just give me some direction.

And I'm gonna take you to the mansion where I hide
and I'm gonna paint a diamond on your hand
And you will be my bride
You'll be missed Miss California
You'll be kissed by only me
When they can't find you you'll turn into a mystery
But you're no mystery to me, Miss California
Miss California
I'll be around, I'll be around.

You'll be missed Miss California.
You'll be kissed by only me.
When they can't find you you'll turn into a mystery
But not to me.

You'll be missed Miss California
We'll be married in the rain
When they can't find you I'm sure I'll be the one they blame
But they can't prove anything
Miss California
Miss California
I'll be around

It started feeling like October
I got stranded on the road
But you know where to find me
Anytime you want me Annie

Annie use your telescope

So they made my life into a movie
As if I could forget those years
But I know where the time's gone
Just not where my mind's been wandering

Annie use your telescope

When it's late don't stop looking
When my eyes turn to glass
When it's late don't stop Annie
I will make it

Home

Is there anybody out there?
Hello?
I'm only getting farther from Earth

It started feeling like October

Annie Use Your Telescope

When it's late don't stop looking
When my eyes turn to glass
When it's late don't stop Annie
I will make it back

Annie I will make it

Two to one
Static to the sound of you and I
Undone for the last time
And there this was
Hiding at the bottom of your
Swimming pool some September
And don't you think
I wish that I could stay

Your lips give you away
I can hear it, a jet engine
Through the center of the storm
And I'm thinking I'd
Prefer not to be rescued

Two to none
Roads that lead away from this
I'm following myself just this once
And I got spun
It appears you're spun as well
It happens when you pay attention
This could take all year, but

When it's quiet, does she hear me?
A jet is sent to the
Center of the storm
And I'm thinking I'd
Prefer not to be rescued

And ohh-oh, I can feel her, she's dying
Just to keep me cool
I'm finally numb, so please
Don't get me rescued... rescued...

And it's unclear
But this may be my last song
Ohh-Oh, I, I can tell
She's raising hell to give to me
But she got me warm
So please don't get me rescued

And ohhh-oh, say you'll miss me (say you'll miss me) one last time
I'll be strong, but whatever you do
Please don't get me rescued...

Cause I'm feeling like
I might need to be near you
And I feel alright, so please
Don't get me rescued...

She thinks I'm much too thin
She asks me if I'm sick
What's a girl to do with friends like this?
She lets me drive her car so I can score an eighth
From the lesbians out west in Venice

Oh, California in the summer
Ah, and my hair is growing long
And fuck yeah, we can live like this

But if you left it up to me
Everyday would be a holiday from real
We'd waste our weeks beneath the sun
We'd fry our brains
And say it's so much fun out here
When it's all over
I'll come back for another year

I look for work today
I'm spilling out the door
Put my glasses on so no one sees me
I never thought that I'd be living on your floor
But the rents are high and LA's easy

Oh, it's a picture of perfection
Ah, and the postcard's gonna read
Fuck yeah, we can live like this
We can live like this

But if you left it up to me
Everyday would be a holiday from real
We'd waste our weeks beneath the sun
We'd fry our brains
And write it's so much fun out here

Hey, Madeline (Hey, Madeline)
You sure look fine (You sure look fine)
You wore my favorite sweater
Being poor was never better
A safety buzz (A safety buzz)
Some cheap red wine (Some cheap red wine)
Oh, the trouble we can get in
So let's screw this one up right

But if you left it up to me
If you left it up to me
Everyday would be a holiday from real
We'd waste our weeks beneath the sun
We'd lie and tell our friends
It's so much fun out here
When it's all over
I'll come back for another
When it's all over
I'll come back for another year

This is morning That's when I spend the most time Thinking 'bout what I've given up This is a warning When you start the day Just to close the curtains You're thinking 'bout what I've given up Where are you now? As I'm swimming through the stereo I'm writing you a symphony of sound Where are you now? As I rearrange the songs again This mix could burn a hole in anyone But it was you I was thinking of I read your letter The one you left when you broke into my house Retracing ever step you made And you said you meant it And there's a piece of me in every single Second of every single day But if it's True then tell me how it got this way Where are you now? As I'm swimming through the stereo I'm writing you a symphony of sound Where are you now? As I rearrange the songs again This mix could burn a hole in anyone But it was you I was thinking of And I can't get to you I can't get to you I can't get to you Where are you now? As I'm swimming through the stereo I conduct a symphony of sound Where are you now? As I'm cutting through you track by track I swear to god this mix could sink the sun But it was you I was thinking of And Where are you now? And Where are you now? And this is my mixed tape for her It's like I wrote every note With my own fingers

I've got my things, I'm good to go
You met me at the terminal
Just one more plane ride and it's done

We stood like statues at the gate
Vacation's come and gone too late
There's so much sun where I'm from
I had to give it away, had to give you away

And we spent four days on an
Island at your family's old hotel
Sometimes perfection can be
It can be perfect hell, perfect...

Hours pass, and she still counts the minutes
That I am not there, I swear I didn't mean
For it to feel like this
Like every inch of me is bruised, bruised
And don't fly fast. Oh, pilot can you help me?
Can you make this last? This plane is all I got
So keep it steady, now
Cause every inch you see is bruised

I lace my Chucks, I walk the aisle
I take my pills, the babies cry
All I hear is what's playing through
The in-flight radio
Now every word of every song
I ever heard that made me wanna stay
Is what's playing through
The in-flight radio, and I
And I am, finally waking up

Hours pass, and she still counts the minutes
That I am not there, I swear I didn't mean
For it to feel like this
Like every inch of me is bruised, bruised
Don't fly fast. Oh, pilot can you help me?
Can you make this last? This plane is all I got
So keep it steady, now
Cause every inch you see is bruised, yeah

So read your books, but stay out late
Some nights, some nights, and don't think
That you can't stop by the bar
You haven't shown your face here since the bad news
Well I'm here till close, with fingers crossed
Each night cause your place isn't far

And hours pass, and hours pass, yeah, yeah...

Yeah, yeah, she still counts the minutes
That I am not there, I swear I didn't mean
For it to feel like this
Like every inch of me is bruised, bruised
And don't fly fast. Oh, pilot can you help me?
Can you make this last? This plane is all I got
So keep it steady, now
Cause every inch you see is bruised, bruised, bruised

(And today was a day Just like any other) I'm on the verge, I'm on the verge Unraveling with every word With every word you say, make me believe That I won't feel your tires on the street As I'm finding the words... you're getting away I come undone, oh yes, I do Just think of all the thoughts wasted on you And every word you say, say something sweet Cause all I taste is blood between my teeth As I'm finding the words... you're getting away Well I'm ready I'm ready to drop Oh, I'm ready, I'm ready so don't stop I'm ready so don't stop, Keep pushing I'm ready to fall, Oh, I'm ready I'm ready so don't call, I'm ready so don't call I am aware, I've been misled I disconnect my heart, my head Don't wanna recognize when things go bad The things that you'll accept Except that I am finding the words... to say I'm ready, I'm ready to drop Oh oh oh oh oh, I'm ready I'm ready so don't stop I'm ready so don't stop (I wake up to find it's another Four aspirin morning, and I dive in I put on the same clothes I wore yesterday. When did society decide that we had to change And wash a tee shirt after every individual use : If it's not dirty, I'm gonna wear it. I take the stairs to the car And there's fog on the windows. (And I'm Fighting the words....) I need caffeine in my blood stream, I take caffeine in the blood stream. I grip the wheel and all at once I realize : (And you're getting away...) My life has become a boring pop song And everyone's singing along.) Well, I'm ready, to drop, well, I'm ready I'm ready so don't stop, oh Well, keep pushing, I'm ready to fall Well, I'm ready, I'm ready so don't call I'm ready so don't call, oh....oh....oh......

Guess what, I'm done writing you songs
You give up your job at the bank
Proving money's not fun when you're gone
So this is the first verse
It's not very long
But I'm ready to move on

Guess what, I'm done writing your book
The ending got twisted around
But for all of the hell that it took
The electrical wires
That hung on the walls
In the room that I rent now

Without you I've got friends who (La, la, lie)
Will help me pull through (la, la, la, lie, la, la, lie)
A spaceman that can't get high
I'm comming back to my girl by July
Yeah, yeah, yeah
That's right

So guess what, I'm done drawing your pictures
I'm dulling the day with a drink
In the parking garage by the theater
We met for a movie
Every scene was a sign
We made out through their meaning

Well I've got friends who (la, la, lie)
Will help me pull through (la, la, la, lie, la, la, lie)
A spaceman that can't get high
I'm comming back to my girl by July
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Guess what, I'm done writing you songs
Far too unstable to settle
I doubt that the doctors are wrong
So I'll wait by a palm tree
A palm tree, a palm tree

Well I've got friends (la, la, lie)
To help me pull through (la, la, la, lie, la, la, lie)
A spaceman that can't get high
I'm comming back to my girl by July

(Well I've got friends who) La, la, lie
Friends to help me pull through (la, la, la, lie, la, la, lie)
The song for a long goodbye
I'm comming back, I'm comming back to my girl (la, la, la, lie)
Back to my girl (la, la, la, lie, la, la, lie)
The song for a long goodbye
I'm comming back to my girl by July

I have, I have you breathing down my neck, breathing down my neck I don't, don't know what you could possibly expect under this condition so I'll wait, I'll wait for the ambulance to come, ambulance to come Pick us up off the floor what did you possibly expect under this condition so Slow down, this nights a perfect shade of Dark blue, dark blue Have you ever been alone in a crowded room when I'm here with you I said the world could be burning and burning down Dark blue, dark blue Have you ever been alone in a crowded room well I'm here with you I said the world could be burning 'tll there's nothing but dark blue Just dark blue And this Flood, this flood is slowly rising up, swallowing the ground Beneath, my feet. Tell me how anybody thinks under this condition so I'll swim, I'll swim as the water rises up sun is sinking down and now All I can see are the planets in a row suggesting it's best that I Slow down this nights a perfect shade of Dark blue, dark blue Have you ever been alone in a crowded room when I'm here with you I said the world could be burning and burning down Dark blue, dark blue Have you ever been alone in a crowded room when I'm here with you I said the world could be burning dark blue We were boxing, we were boxing the stars we were boxing(we were boxing) you were swinging for Mars And then the water reached the west coast And took the power lines, the power lines And it was me and you ( at your hotel) and the whole town underwater There was nothing we could do And it was dark blue Dark blue, dark blue Have you ever been alone in a crowded room when I'm here with you I said the world could be burning and burning down Dark blue (dark blue...) Have you ever been alone in a crowded room when I'm here with you I said the world could be burning now there's nothing but dark blue If you're ever been alone you'll know dark blue If you're ever been alone you'll know, you'll know

Finally, I'm letting go of all my downer thoughts
In no time there'll be one less sad robot
Looking for a chance to be something more than just metal
Now I'm going part time with a film projectionist
And she's the vinyl queen from the surfer dream
She likes the beach boys more than radio metal
And she's so good
But she's no good for me

Oh, Miss Delaney
Whats the matter?
You waited by the window
(You waited by the window)
I waited by the door
Oh, Miss Delaney
Wheres your boyfriend?
He isn't up in heaven
So why treat him like he's dead?
Like he's...

It's not that everyday
Everyday is comming up with the green grass
But the times pass
When I think of you whenever I'm at dinner

Finally, I've found someone to duel this lonely sea
I don't spend my nights searching for earthquakes
Oh, it's biblical how fucked my sleep can be
But she won't sleep with me

Oh, Miss Delaney
Whats the matter?
You waited by the window
Waited by the window
I waited by the door
Oh, Miss Delaney
Wheres your boyfriend?
No, he isn't up in heaven
So why treat him like he's dead?
Like he's dead, like he's dead

From here you can't find everything
Erin, I would never lie to you

Oh, Miss Delaney, Miss Delaney
Whatcha sad for?
Well, you waited by the window
And I was kicking down your door
Oh, Miss Delaney
Wheres your boyfriend? Wheres your boyfriend?
He isn't up in heaven
So why treat him like he's dead?
Oh, Miss Delaney

Oh my god, this hurts like hell
I had that dream again
Where I was lost for good in outer space
Tell me, doctor, how to shake
A waking nightmare that is only worse
When I am sleeping

Kill the messenger
I swear it's not me
It's just someone I used to know
And get to church cause you're a good girl
And I never told you that
And all I need from you
Could be the thing that leaves us both up here forever
I'm gonna send alittle rain your way
I'm gonna send alittle rain...

It's not so easy, caving in
I walked by your appartment twice today
While you were gone at work
And all the colours got so down
It's not as cold out here
But come quick, I am losing feeling

Kill the messenger
I swear it's not me
It's just someone I used to know
And get to church cause you're a good girl
And I never told you that
And all I need from you
Could be the thing that leaves me locked up here forever
I'm gonna send alittle rain your way
I'm gonna send alittle rain, send alittle rain

I'm gonna send alittle rain
To pour down on you
Rain that makes the flowers bloom
Rain to leave you all alone
But keeps eyelashes falling
The rest is washed away

Kill the messenger
I swear it's not me
It's just someone I used to know
And get to church cause you're a good girl
And he never told you that
And all I need from you
Could be the thing that leaves us both up here forever
I'm gonna send alittle rain your way
I'm gonna send alittle rain, send alittle rain
I'm gonna send alittle rain
I'm gonna send alittle rain your way
I'm gonna send alittle rain
I'm gonna send alittle rain

I've got my things, I'm good to go
You met me at the terminal
Just one more plane ride and it's done

We stood like statues at the gate
Vacation's come and gone too late
There's so much sun where I'm from
I had to give it away, had to give you away

And we spent four days on an
Island at your family's old hotel
Sometimes perfection can be
It can be perfect hell, perfect...

Hours pass, and she still counts the minutes
That I am not there, I swear I didn't mean
For it to feel like this
Like every inch of me is bruised, bruised
And don't fly fast. Oh, pilot can you help me?
Can you make this last? This plane is all I got
So keep it steady, now
Cause every inch you see is bruised

I lace my Chucks, I walk the aisle
I take my pills, the babies cry
All I hear is what's playing through
The in-flight radio
Now every word of every song
I ever heard that made me wanna stay
Is what's playing through
The in-flight radio, and I
And I am, finally waking up

Hours pass, and she still counts the minutes
That I am not there, I swear I didn't mean
For it to feel like this
Like every inch of me is bruised, bruised
Don't fly fast. Oh, pilot can you help me?
Can you make this last? This plane is all I got
So keep it steady, now
Cause every inch you see is bruised, yeah

So read your books, but stay out late
Some nights, some nights, and don't think
That you can't stop by the bar
You haven't shown your face here since the bad news
Well I'm here till close, with fingers crossed
Each night cause your place isn't far

And hours pass, and hours pass, yeah, yeah...

Yeah, yeah, she still counts the minutes
That I am not there, I swear I didn't mean
For it to feel like this
Like every inch of me is bruised, bruised
And don't fly fast. Oh, pilot can you help me?
Can you make this last? This plane is all I got
So keep it steady, now
Cause every inch you see is bruised, bruised, bruised